#A88CA6#A88CA6

#A88CA6 is a light, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.050 H 328.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A88CA6
RGB	rgb(168, 140, 166)
HSL	hsl(304, 14%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(304, 17%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 1.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, 15.21, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 18.06, 327.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% 0.0423 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.05 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4087, 29.8348, 40.1204)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A88CA6 #8CA88E

analogous

#9C8CA8 #A88CA6 #A88C98

triadic

#A88CA6 #A6A88C #8CA6A8

tetradic

#A88CA6 #A89C8C #8CA88E #8C98A8

square

#A88CA6 #A89C8C #8CA88E #8C98A8

split-complementary

#A88CA6 #98A88C #8CA89C

monochromatic

#6A5068 #8D6A8A #A88CA6 #C2AFC1 #DDD2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A88CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#A88CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A88CA6

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A88CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A88CA6	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B92A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9196A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a88ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 140, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.050 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2adc0',
    500: '#a88ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a88ca6;
$custom-light: #c2adc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a88ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.286,
    "s": 13.861,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67405,
    "c": 0.04963,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A88CA6

secondary

#C3CDC3

accent

#98534D

background

#FBFAFB

surface

#F7F4F7

border

#D0CED0

text

#121012

muted

#817F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #A88CA6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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